Provides much-needed critical analyses of the work of 60s avant-garde writers . Offers focused essays - each presents one author in their cultural/critical/historical contexts - by experts in the field. Recuperates a lost decade in British literature and thus fills a vital gap in literary history, between late modernism and early postmodernism. Responds to burgeoning critical and popular interest in authors such as Christine Brooke-Rose, Ann Quin, and B.S. Johnson, and to a widespread interest in experimental and innovative writing more generally.